Crime & City Diary
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EFCC detains ex- Kwara governor, Ahmed
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The immediate past governor of Kwara State, Alh Abdulfatah Ahmed on Tuesday remained in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Ilorin, the state capital. It was gathered that Ahmed who was also the commisssioner for Finance for almost eight years during the tenure of his predecessor, Dr Bukola Saraki was being…
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Zone 2 Police Command arrests couple for allegedly stealing employer’s $51,000
Operatives of the Zonal Criminal Investigation Department (ZCID) Zone 2 Command Headquarters, Onikan Lagos, have arrested Blessing Effiong and her spouse, Bassey Effiong for allegedly stealing Fifty-One Thousand United States Dollars ($51,000 USD) from her employer’s residence in the Lekki area of Lagos. A statement issued by the Command’s Spokeswoman, SP Umma Ayuba, said Blessing Effiong was recommended for employment…
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Lagos traditional ruler canvasses establishment of community police to curb insecurity
The traditional ruler of Otumara community in the Lagos Mainland of Lagos State, High Chief Kehinde Kalejaiye, has called for the establishment of community police to curb insecurity in the state and Nigeria at large. The monarch made the call following the arrest of some suspected robbers by some officials of Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Agency (LNSA) in his community. The…
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Container falls on truck, crushes three to death in Ogun
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Three persons were on Saturday crushed to death when a container fell on a truck along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The accident which occurred in the early hours of Saturday around the Mowe axis of the highway involved two trucks, a bluebird with registration number, T-15636 LA and an unmarked Howo truck. The Public Education Officer of…
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Egba Kings suspend first class monarch over naira abuse
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta The Egba Traditional Council has suspended a first class monarch , Olu of Owode-Egba, Oba Kolawole Sowemimo for publicly degrading Nigerian currency, an offence which contravenes law of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) The royal father was suspended on Friday 16th of February at Ale Palace during Egba Traditional Council February statutory meeting which was…
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Lagos Police investigates cause of injury on 12-year old girl
The Lagos state Commissioner of Police, CP Adegoke Fayoade, has ordered a detailed investigation into the alleged hit of 12-year-old Amina Alege by a teargas canister fired by officers of Dopemu Division. WesternPost reports that Alege was hit by a teargas canister when the police was responding to public disturbance by students of Abibat Mogaji Millenium Secondary School Iloro and…
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Interpol arrests James Nolan over involvement in $9.6bn P&ID fraud case
The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has arrested James Nolan, a British national, facing trial over his involvement in the Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID) fraud. In August 2020, the EFCC arraigned Nolan, a director in the P&ID Limited, alongside Lurgi Consult Limited and others, in a $9.6 billion money laundering case. Nolan was granted bail but failed to…
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EFCC arrests 14 FUTA undergraduates, 19 others for suspected internet fraud
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 14 undergraduates of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State. According to EFCC, the 14 undergraduates were arrested alongside 19 others in the early hours of Wednesday for suspected internet crimes. EFCC tweets “The suspects were arrested at different residential locations within the…
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13 suspected killers of Kwara monarch remanded
By Mosunmola Ayobami,Ilorin An Ilorin Magistrate’s court on Wednesday ordered that the 13 suspected killers of the Olukoro of Koro in Ekiti local Government area of Kwara State, Oba Segun Aremu should be remanded at a Correctional Centre. The suspects were arraigned for alleged criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, kidnapping and giving false information. They are Godwin Jacob, Olowofela Oyebanji, Adefalolu…
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Troops burst another rifle fabrication factory in Plateau
In its determination to clear troubled regions of Plateau State from criminal activities, Troops of Operation Safe Haven under Hakorin Damisa IV during a clearance operations on rugged mountainous terrain discovered an isolated structure which turned out to be a weapons fabrication factory situated on a high ground in Pakachi Village, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. The Nigerian…
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